An Attempt on Ecclesiastical and Academical Translation of LXX: Isaiah 34–39
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2026.8.2.002
Abstract
The newly translated chapters from the book of the prophet Isaiah contain apocalyptic and soteriological predictions, and also stories about the unsuccessful siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians, the illness of King Hezekiah, his healing, the arrival of Babylonian ambassadors to him, to whom he showed his treasures, and the subsequent new revelation, by which the final of the era of one of the most pious Jewish kings was overshadowed. The content of chapters Isaiah 36–39 intersects with the chapters of the historical (in the Jewish classification, also prophetic) books 2 Kgs. 18–20 and 2 Chr. 32.
About the Authors
K. V. Alekhina
St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kseniia V. Alekhina, Student
6, bld. 1, Likhov lane, Moscow 127051
I. S. Veviurko
Moscow State University;
St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilia S. Veviurko, PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religion Studies at the Moscow State University; Associate Professor at the Department of Theology at the Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University
Department of Philosophy, Leninskie Gory, Lomonosov MSU Shuvalovsky Building, Moscow 119234
6, bld. 1, Likhov lane, Moscow 127051
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Alekhina K.V., Veviurko I.S. An Attempt on Ecclesiastical and Academical Translation of LXX: Isaiah 34–39. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2026;8(2):62-101. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2026.8.2.002
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